Allan Clayton
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Allan James Clayton, born 1981 in the United Kingdom, is a tenor who began as a chorister at Worcester Cathedral before studying at St John's College, Cambridge. He entered the public eye as a BBC Radioâ¯3 New Generation Artist (2007â2009) and first appeared on record in Verdi's Otello conducted by Sir Colin Davis, released in 2010. He followed up with Britten: Serenad for Tenor, Horn and Strings (2016), Handel: Acis and Galatea (2018), Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 5 (2018), Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem conducted by Simon Rattle (2024), the Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah with Antonio Pappano (2024), and an acclaimed interpretation of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Edward Gardner, released in 2025. Allan Clayton also recorded various recitals, including Where'er You Walk: Arias for Handel's Favourite Tenor (2016). In 2018 he received the Royal Philharmonic Society Singer Award, and in 2021 was appointed MBE for services to opera. In 2026, he partnered with conductor Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra to perform Schubert's Winterreise, as arranged for orchestra by Hans Zender in 1993.
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- Otello: Act I, Scene V, "Roderigo, beviam" (Jago, Cassio, Coro, Roderigo) featuring Colin Davis
- Part One, Scene IV: Agnès and the Boy I featuring Allan Clayton
- Part One, Scene V: The Protector and the Visitors featuring Allan Clayton
- Otello: Act I, Scene VI, "I naffia l'ugola" (Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Coro) featuring Colin Davis
- Part One, Scene VI: Agnès and the Boy II featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Two, Scene VII: The Protector's Bad Dream featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Two, Scene VIII: The Protector and Agnès featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Two, Scene XI: The Protector and the Boy featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Two, Scene X: Agnès and the Boy featuring Allan Clayton
- Otello: Act I, Scene I, Storm: "Una vela! Una vela" (Coro, Montano, Cassio, Jago, Roderigo) featuring Colin Davis
- Part Three, Scene XI: The Protector, Agnès and the Boy featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Three, Scene XII: The Protector and Agnès I featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Three, Scene XIII: Chorus of Angels and The Protector featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Three, Scene XIV: The Protector and Agnès II featuring Allan Clayton
- Part Three, Scene XV: The Boy / Angel 1 featuring Allan Clayton
- Crux fidelis, Op. 43, No. 1
- Otello: Act IV, Scene VII, "Niun mi tema" (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act IV, Scene VI, "O mentitrice!" (Otello, Emilia, Cassio, Jago, Lodovico, Montano) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act III, Scene VII, "Messeri!" (Otello, Jago, Cassio, Lodovico) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act III, Scene VIII, "A terra! â¦si" (Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio, Roderigo, Lodovico, Otello, Jago, Coro) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act III, Scene V, "Vieni, l'aula e deserta" (Jago, Cassio, Otello) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act III, Scene VI, "Bada" (Jago, Cassio, Otello, Coro, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, Roderigo) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act II, Scene I, "Non ti crucciar" (Jago, Cassio) featuring Colin Davis
- Otello: Act I, Scene VII, "Capitano, v'attende" (Montano, Cassio, Jago, Roderigo, Coro) featuring Colin Davis
